Verizon now selling the HTC One Max for $299

With exactly zero fanfare, Verizon today has begun selling the HTC One Max. It'll cost you $299 on contract, or $25.22 a month with the Verizon Edge plan. Outright, you'll be paying $599.

The HTC One Max is a large — 5.9-inch display, but the phone itself is a bit bigger than that thanks to the front-facing speakers — version of the HTC One, with the new Sense 5.5 software and a fingerprint sensor on the back for unlocking. You can open up the back to get to the SIM card and (yes!) the microSD card slot.

So the One Max is more than a big HTC One, but also a lesser phone than the HTC One. If you’re after the full HTC experience on a larger display, well, for the most part, this is that device. And right now it's the closest you're going to get to an HTC tablet. But for most buyers the smaller, better-looking HTC One, or the higher-end and more manageable Galaxy Note 3 will be better options.

Actually $150 for 2 lines with unlimited data, LG G2 and Note 3 thanks to "glitch". Pay the same for kids 3 lines on T-Mobile, but they tether off our phones when we travel for the weekend or on vacation to get data. When that stops, I'll consider leaving VZW.

It's already $150 on wirefly. It'll probably be free by black Friday or close to it. Not a bad device if pricing undercuts the Note so soon. I'm looking for a large screen device for my mom who definitely doesn't need all the bells and whistles of the Note series.

My only problem with the One Max is that HTC stripped out OIS from the camera. No excuse for that,especially at that price.At least Samsung lowered the price on it's Galaxy Mega after removing features.

Silly spec whores, 90% of the phone buying public does not give a shit about which processor is in the phone. Of the other 10%, probably only 2% of them can really tell you the difference between both processors.

you guys are crazy. it just came out this few days ago. show me anyone walking around with galaxy gear and it been out for one month? this is great phone but not for everyone as you can say this is beta for HTC for big screen arena. this was a try by HTC to see how much people really like how interested they really are in HTC big screen phones the development will go on from here for the MAX arena and new features will go on from here to HTC ONE MAX 2 HTC will listen to what people want so it can happen in the HTC ONE MAX 2.